ECCHR’s human rights work is about more than merely applying the law as it stands. Law is an expression of societal power relations and thus an instrument of hegemony. However, law also has an emancipatory potential and we use that potential to highlight unjust power relations and to further social justice. ECCHR’s approach is unique in the way that it combines legal theory and practice. The Institute for Legal Intervention focuses on critical perspectives on the law, particularly concerning power and power dynamics. We aim to make a long-term contribution to societal, legal and political debates through exchange with universities and research institutions, through our training and co-learning activities, through collaboration with our partners worldwide as well as in dialogue with artists and activists.
projects (20)
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Berlin – Conversations – Human rights
Human rights in times of crises: Resistance and concrete utopias
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Cooperation – Cooperation Forensic Architecture – Investigative Commons
From museum to courtroom: Investigative Commons reinvents legal investigations
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Institute – (Post)Colonial Crimes – Human remains/ancestors
Return of human remains: Descendants demand justice
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Institute – (Post)Colonial Crimes – Namibia
Colonial repercussions: Germany and Namibia
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Institute – Art & human rights – Exhibitions
Exhibitions at ECCHR
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Institute – Conversations – Art & human rights
Artists and lawyers in dialogue
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Institute – Cooperation Academy of Fine Arts – (Post)Colonialism
(Post)colonial injustice and legal interventions
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Institute – Cooperation Academy of Fine Arts – Justice and Memory
Memory and Justice
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Institute – Cooperation Forensic Architecture – KiK
The KiK/Pakistan case in Germany – 3D simulation as architectural analysis
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Institute – Cooperation museums/theaters – Art & human rights
Interventions in the public sphere
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Institute – Networks & Exchange – Bertha Justice Network
Bertha Justice Network
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Institute – Networks & Exchange – ECCHR alumn*
ECCHR CONNECT
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Institute – Networks & Exchange – INCLO Workshop
Dialogue with organizations from the Global North and Global South
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Institute – Research & Academia – Decolonial legal criticism
New perspectives on the law: Decolonial legal critique and practice
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Institute – Research & Academia – Human rights due diligence
Corporate liability workshop and publication
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Institute – Research & Academia – Lumumba
Crimes during liberation wars: The Lumumba murder
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Institute – Research & Academia – University
Cooperation with universities
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Institute – Training & Co-learning – Bertha Global Exchange
Bertha Global Exchange
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Institute – Training & Co-learning – Bertha Justice Fellows
Bertha Justice Fellows
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Institute – Training & Co-learning – Critical Legal Training
Critical Legal Training
